In the evening, the President of the Republic, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, held two successive meetings in Kédougou, first with economic stakeholders and then with local elected officials of the region, in a setting of direct and in-depth dialogue with the region’s key actors.
These meetings provided an opportunity for a frank assessment of the structural challenges the region continues to face, notably the isolation of certain areas, access to drinking water, infrastructure deficits, connectivity, as well as the central issue of employment, particularly for young people.
In response, the Head of State recalled the main national programs currently being rolled out, designed to provide sustainable and equitable solutions to the concerns raised. He notably highlighted the investments underway to improve road connectivity, expand access to basic social services, strengthen health coverage, and implement structuring initiatives in digital connectivity and employment support.
The President of the Republic also stressed the importance of coherent public action, grounded in territorial realities, so that government responses can produce concrete and measurable improvements in the daily lives of the population.
Through these extended exchanges, he reaffirmed a governance approach based on listening, proximity, and consistency in action, placing the responses delivered in Kédougou within the same national trajectory of transformation, territorial equity, and social justice, in line with the Senegal 2050 vision and the Year of Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy.